| Voice of Sonipat : Bhupendra
Chauhan
People live in absolute poverty.
We receive contaminated water. It is unfit for consumption.
Inspite of governments ban, poaching and illegal killing of animals
is still prevalent.
Government is not supporting or encouraging NGOs.
Sonipat District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2122.0 Km2
Population in Sonipat (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1480080
Male : 798948
Female : 681132
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 30949
In seeing : 16210
In speech : 1580
In hearing : 1506
In movement : 8773
Mental : 2880
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 412
Sex Ratio Rank : 22
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 299 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 161 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Sonipat District
Genaral
District Sonepat comprises of three sub-divisions namely Ganaur,
Sonepat and Gohana and seven blocks (Ganaur,Sonepat ,Rai, Kharkhoda,
Gohana, Kathura and Mundlana) has been carved out of Rohtak and
made a full fledged District on 22.12.1972.
Location
District Sonepat has an area of 2,13,080 Hectare. It lies in
the south-east of the State of Haryana , North of the Union Territory
of the Delhi and is bounded by the Districts of Rohtak, Jind, Panipat.
The District shares an inter-state boundry with district Meerut
of Uttar Pradesh. The River Yamuna runs along the eastern boundary
of the district and separates it from Uttar Pradesh.
Area
Sonepat occupies an area of 2,13,080 Hectares. Sonepat is the
largest Tehsil in the District followed by Gohana.
Climate
The climate of District Sonepat is dry with an extremely hot
summer and a cold winter. The weather becomes comparatively mild
during the monsoon (period July to September). The post-monsoon
months October and November constitute a transition period, prior
to the onset of winter.
a) TEMPERATURE
The cold season starts towards the later half of November when
day and night temperatures fall rapidly. January is the coldest
month when the mean daily minimum temperature is 6 to 7 Degree
Centigrade in the winter months. During ncold waves, the minimum
temperature may go down to the freezing point of water, and frosts
can occur. During the summer months of May and June, the maximum
temperature sometimes reaches 47 Degree Centigrade. Temperature
drops considerably with the advancement of monsoon in June. However,
the night temperature during this period continues to be high.
b) HUMIDITY
Humidity is considerably low during the greater part of the year.
The district experiences high humidity only during the monsoon
period. The period of minimum humidity (less than 20%) is between
April and May.
c) RAINFALL
The annual rainfall varies considerably from year to year. However,
the maximum rainfall is experienced during the monsoon season,
which reaches it's peak in the month of July. Infact, the monsoon
period accounts for 75% of the annual rainfall in the district.
On an average there are 24 days in a year with rainfall of 2.5
mm (or more) per day in district Sonepat.
d) WIND
During the monsoon,the sky is heavily clouded, and winds are
strong in this period. Winds are generally light during the post-monsoon
and winter months.
e) REGION SPECIFIC WHETHER PHENOMENA
Sonepat experiences a high incidence of thunder storms and dust
storms, often accompanied by violent squalls (andhis) during the
period April to June. Sometimes the thunder storm are being accompanied
by eavy rain and occasionally by hail storms. In the winter months,
fogs sometimes appear in the district.
Population
According the 1991 census the total population
of the district is 10,45,158 Of this the urban population forms
a small part and is 2,10,521. The district is primarily rural is
in nature and the primary activity of the people is agricultural.
The rural population of the district is 8,34,637. The male and female
ratio in the rural areas is bout 1:1 whereas the ratio in the urban
areas is detrimental to the female population. The working population
of district Sonepat according to 1991 census comprises of 11,50,49
cultivators, 58,296 agricultural labourers. The percentage of cultivators,
to manufacturers is higher in sub-division Ganaur, whereas the actual
number of agricultural labourers is higher in sub division Sonepat.
Soil Profile
District Sonepat, comprising of Sonepat, Gohana
and Ganaur sub divisions, has 343 villages and covers an area of
2,13,080 hectares. The irrigated area (both with the help of canal
irriagtion as well as through tubewells) is 2,86,504 acres and the
un-irrigated rainfed area is 43,979 acres. Sonepat is an important
saltpetre producing the district. The saltpetre appears as efflorescence
on the surface during the summer season, specially in the village
of Sonepat sub-division.
- Total No. of Villages 347
- Inhabited
332
- Uninhabited 15
- Total Population 1045158
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